pydicom.valuerep.PersonNameBase

class pydicom.valuerep.PersonNameBase(val)

Base class for Person Name classes

__init__(val)

Initialize the PN properties

Methods

__init__(val)	Initialize the PN properties
formatted(format_str)	Return a formatted string according to the format pattern
parse()	Break down the components and name parts

formatted(format_str)

Return a formatted string according to the format pattern

Parameters

format_str (str) – The string to use for formatting the PN element value. Use “…%(property)…%(property)…” where property is one of family_name, given_name, middle_name, name_prefix, or name_suffix.

Returns

The formatted PN element value.

Return type

str

parse()

Break down the components and name parts